Much Accomplished!

Today was a very busy tiring day, but we got a lot done. We had 2 very long visits to the US embassy and a couple other shorter stops. Fortunately this group seems to have a good time no matter where they are. The good news is that all of the paperwork process for here in Rwanda is done! God worked a lot today to get this accomplished.

Carington is still going great. She is miss personality. Noah has some competition for family clown! Today at one of the long appointments when the adults were all laughing Carington kept laughing and laughing. She just wanted to be in on it and laugh with the rest of us. She also just started to bear a little weight on her legs and crawled just a little! We can see her changing practically every hour.

It is amazing to see all of the children changing. Some were very quiet and withdrawn at first and now they are just blooming! One little girl reminds me so much of my niece Reese. She has the same exact little smile on her face that Reese does all the time!

Carington does appear to have giardia but fortunately our Doctor gave us a prescription for this before we left. Hopefully this helps explain some of the signs of malnutrition that we have seen in her. (Her nails are almost like a newborns). The giardia makes having her a little like having a newborn in many regards. We are flying through clothes and diapers at an unbelievable rate. I think that is probably enough details for everyone on that subject!

We are loving Rwanda and it's people. Yesterday we were walking down some of the city streets and I had Carington riding on my hip in a sling. A little boy looked at me with a huge smile on his face. He said, "Muzungu" (white person), then pointed at Carington and gave me a thumb up! So so cute.

Tomorrow will be a very emotional day. In the morning Greg and I will visit a Compassion project and then in the afternoon we will tour the orphanage and spend some time with the children. It is going to be difficult and I'm probably going to come home trying to convince all of you to adopt the rest of the children that are still there. (Maybe we'll adopt another ourselves!) We will just have to see where God leads. His will is always so perfect. I am so thankful for His clear leading in this decision. Greg and I were just saying today that it is like Carington was always meant to be with us, and I believe she was. We love her so much and already can't imagine life without her. Thankyou God for the incredible gift that she is.